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New address!
Submitted on June 10, 2009.I moved the site from http://filters.muziq.be to http://www.effectsdatabase.com: easier and more international.
I started using the old URL about 5 years ago, intending to make some small music-related sites under the muziq.be domain, but after a while I decided to make a site about all effects, not just envelope filters and I started the other sites.
The old effectsdatabase.com site disappeared 2 years ago and and the owner didn't extend the domain name registration, but register.com didn't release it for registration until a few weeks ago.
Please, spread the word (and link)!
Visit to the Electro-Harmony factory!
Submitted on June 29, 2009.I just came back from a short holiday in New York, where I also visited the Electro-Harmonix factory!
Of the new pedals I only saw the Memory Boy (it was not yet allowed to take pictures of the final look) and the Riddle Q-Balls.
Mike Matthews was also there and as I'm from Belgium he told me how he signed the first deals with the bosses of Sovtek in Brussels and how they went to a restaurant in the "Rues des Bouchers" ("the street with all the fish").
Here are some pictures already, I'll update this post with more details, I'm still very tired from the trip (and/or the jet lag?) and the writing is not going very well at the moment :)
New Electro-Harmonix pedals! (again!)
Submitted on June 10, 2009.
New Electro-Harmonix pedals have been announced again!: Finally pictures are available for these:
- 22 Caliber - 22 watt power amp (available late June)
- Cathedral Deluxe Reverb (available in August)
- POG 2 - XO version of the original POG, programmable with 8 presets and instant recall, (currently available)
- V256 - Vocoder w/Reflex-Tune (available in July)
Finally pictures are available for these:
- Enigma: Q Balls for bass guitar (available late June)
- Riddle: Q Balls for guitar (available late June)
And there's a release date and a little more information for this one:
- Memory Boy, Analog Echo/Chorus/Vibrato (available in July)
Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy (XO Analog Delay)
Submitted on April 6, 2009.In their video about the Screaming Bird (Nano Treble Booster) and The Mole (Nano series Bass Booster) you can already see the case of one of their next pedals: the XO series Memory Boy Analog Delay!

It seems it will have 4 knobs and 2 switches for different modes
Overview of new pedals at the Frankfurt Musik Messe 2009
Submitted on March 27, 2009.Here's the list of the new effects announced at the Frankfurt Musik Messe 2009. It will be updated regularly.
- AMT F1 (or did I just overlook it before :D)
- Artec SE Series: 2 new models:
- Brunetti (new series):
- BSM J-Fuzz (based on the Jennings Fuzz)
- Burns Buzzaround (reissue prototype)
- Carl Martin:
- DVK Technologies (new brand):
- EBS (2 new pedals):
- Eleca XX-3 series (some new pedals with a different look):
- Electro-Harmonix (some pedals announced after NAMM):
- Eleven Electrics (new models):
- Emma ReezaFRATzitz II (I thought it was only a new look, but it's a new version!)
- Excel/Alcove mini series (new series):
- EXE series 20: new series:
- G-Lab (3 new pedals):
- GuitarSlinger (new brand):
- Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive (now with a name :))
- Magnetic (new brand):
- Magnetic FM100BLE Bass Limiter Enhancer
- Magnetic FM100BO Blues Overdrive
- Magnetic FM100CS Compressor Sustainer
- Magnetic FM100OD Overdrive Distortion
- Magnetic FM100PB Preamp Booster
- Magnetic FM100TO Tube Overdrive
- Magnetic FM100UT Ultra Tremolo
- Magnetic FM300PO Power Overdrive
- Magnetic FM300XD Distortion-X
- Magnetic FM400OD Overdrive
- Magnetic FM400UZ Ultra Fuzz
- Magnetic FM700BEQ Bass Graphic Equalizer
- Magnetic FM700EQ Graphic Equalizer
- Magnetic FM800TO Vintage Tube Overdrive
- Mings (new pedals):
- Mings 6-Band EQ
- Mings Digital Reverb
- Mings Fuzz
- Mings Phase
- Mings MGD-1 Classic Rock (like Vox AmPlug)
- MXR Fullbore Metal (Mr. Huge worked on this)
- Prescription Electronics Frantic Fuzz
- SMB Deity Blues
- Taurus (new Polish brand):
- TC Electronic RPT-1 Nova Repeater
- Tonehunter Spawn
- Tonerider AD-1 Analog Delay
- Vox amPlug series: 2 new models (already out for a while?):
- Yerasov Insect Series (new series):
- Yuyin (new brand):
- Gary Hurst Tonebender MkI reissues (metal and wooden box versions)
- JMI Tonebender Professional MkII
- JMI Treble Booster
- Keeler Designs: Rob was demoing his pedals, they all sounded great and are very versatile (each knob has a big range of useful sounds!)
- Way Huge WHEx01 Angry Troll - Linear Boost Amplifier: Mr. Huge came to Frankfurt :)
Please let me know if you found a dead link in this list or if you know other premieres shown at Frankfurt (not in the NAMM 2009 list).
Some picture threads with more than pedals:
Wanted: old brochures, catalogs,...
Submitted on March 5, 2009.I asked a few shops around here, but they all seem to clean up their papers regularly (good for them, not for me ;)).
I'm searching all kinds of documentation about guitar effect pedals:
- brochures, catalogs, flyers,...
- old magazine ads
- manuals
- schematics & service manuals
- ...
As I'm mostly interested in the content, scans or readable pictures are sufficient if you want to keep the papers.
If you have something, please let me know through the contact form.
Thanks!
New Electro-Harmonix pedals!
Submitted on January 27, 2009.On the new Electro-Harmonix catalog there's a small section "coming soon" with the names of 5 new pedals:
- 2 new versions of old EH pedals:
- 3 totally new models:
- XO Memory Boy Analog Delay
- Enigma (Q-Balls for Bass)
- Riddle (Q-Balls for Guitar)
Will they be announced at the Frankfurt Musik Messe? Or do we have to wait until Summer NAMM?
Edit (Feb. 12): the Mole and Screaming Bird seem to be available already!
Overview of new pedals at the 2009 NAMM show
Submitted on January 6, 2009.These were the new effects shown at the 2009 Winter NAMM show. Not all pedals presented as "new" were new, this list only shows what's really new (IMHO ;)):
- BBE Tremor
- Cruzer (by Crafter) (new brand/series):
- Diamond Bass Compressor
- Diamond Optical Tremolo
- DigiTech TimeBender
- Eventide PitchFactor
- Fuchs Plush Noxious - Nick Catanese Signature Distortion
- Fuchs Plush Pure Gain Plus
- Fuchs Plush Verbrator
- Guyatone Mighty Micro: new models
- Ibanez AF2 Airplane Flanger
- Ibanez AP7 Analog Phaser
- Jim Dunlop Crybaby KH-95 Kirk Hammett Signature
- Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive (based on BJFE Honey Bee)
- Malekko Ekko 616 Analog Delay
- Malekko Ekko 919 Analog Delay
- Markbass: pedal range
- MXR / CAE MC-404 Wah
- MXR M-288 Bass Octave Deluxe
- Pigtronix Envelope Phaser (new version)
- Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone
- Pro Tone Rusty Cooley Overdrive
- Pro Tone Optic Tremor - Tremolo
- Radial Bones Vienna Chorus
- Radial Tonebone PZ-DI
- Red Witch Famulus Distortion
- new Rocktron series (EH XO type boxes):
- Seymour Duncan SFX-09 Double Back Compressor
- Seymour Duncan SFX-10 Deja Vu - Tap Delay with BBD
- Seymour Duncan SFX-11 Twin Tube Blue
- Suhr KokoBoost
- Suhr Shiba Drive
- Suhr Riot
- Tech 21 SansAmp Classic 20 (20th anniversary relic version)
- TC Electronic NDR-1 Nova Drive
- Totally Wycked Audio (new brand):
- Visual Sound Open Road Overdrive
- Visual Sound Truetone Clean Boost
- Voodoo Lab Giggity
- Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive MOD
- Vox Satriani Big Bad Wah
- Way Huge Angry Troll
- Xotic Robotalk II
- Z. Vex Distortron
- Z. Vex Mastotron
If you see other new pedals (or have pictures of the pedals in this list for which I have not made a page yet), please let me know :)
NAMM 2009: pictures, brochures,... are VERY welcome!!!
Submitted on January 3, 2009.As the NAMM show is a bit too far away for me I wonder if some visitors could take pictures of the new pedals and send them to me (or let me know where I can find them online?).
I'm also interested in the cheap/OEM/new brands that nobody else seems to care about, URL's or brochures are very welcome for these as some of them disappear or sell their pedals under other names.
I hope I can go there one of the next years :D
Browse by country
Submitted on October 14, 2008.I added a new way to navigate the brands: by country.
This is the country where the brand name comes from, not necesarily the country where the effects are made (some brands sell effects made in different countries or moved their production a few times).
I couldn't find the right country for all brands yet (especially those that don't exist anymore), so if you see a brand in "(unknown country)" and you know where it comes from, please let me know :)



